friþ-bræc
A peace-breaking ⬩ breach of the peace ⬩ pācis violātio
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A peace-breaking, breach of the peace; pācis violātio Gyf binnan byrig gedón biþ seó friþbræc if the breach of the peace be committed within a city, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 30. Is ðæt friþbrec that is a breach of the peace, ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 26
gearo-brygd
A prompt vibration ⬩ prompta pulsātio
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A prompt vibration; prompta pulsātio Áh he gleóbeámes gearobrygda list he has skill in prompt vibrations of the harp, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 13; Crä. 50
Linked entry: brygd
land-brǽce
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Breaking up or ploughing of [fallow] land Landbrǽce proscissio, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 20; Wrt. Voc. 15, 20
Linked entry: -brǽce
bleó-brygd
A variegated colour ⬩ color variegatus
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[bleó colour, bregdan to change] A variegated colour; color variegatus Is se fugel fæger, bleóbrygdum fág the bird is fair, shining with variegated colours, Exon. 60 a; Tb. 218, 9; Ph. 292
ge-bræc
A breaking ⬩ crashing ⬩ noise ⬩ fractio ⬩ frăgor ⬩ strĕpĭtus
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A breaking, crashing, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Ðá Wearþ borda gebræc then there was a crashing of shields, Byrht. Th. 140, 28; By. 295: Beo. Th. 4510; B. 2259
ge-brocen
enjoyed
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enjoyed, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 29; Gú. 392;
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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A not unfair turn, fair dealing(?) Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean
bráde-leác
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A plant-name Bradelaec (brádæ-, -leác, -léc) serpillum, Txts. 97, 1835. Brádeleác sarpulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 47. Genim rædices .iii. snǽda and brádeleáces gelíce, Lch, ii. 268, 19. Gearwan and brádeleác, iii. 12, 31
Linked entry: leác
cyrc-bræce
Similar entry: ciric-brǽc
fearn-bracu
A fern-brake
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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18
Linked entry: bracu
for-brict
To use up ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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To use up, consume, destroy Mid þissum wǽpnum beóð ǽlce uncysta forbrícte (-brítte?) and mid þyssum andlyfenum bið ǽlc mægen geféd, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 5. Substitute:
ge-brýsed
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Substitute: ge-brýsan, ge-brýsian; p. de, ede; pp. ed. to bruise, crush, pound. lit. Þá stánas nales ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tóbrǽcan, ac eác swylce mid ealle his bán gebrýsedon (-brýsdon, tóbrýsdon, v. ll.] saxa non solum cjtes membra, sed etiam ossa contri
gearo-brygd
healf-brocen
Half-broken
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Half-broken Þam sticcum healfbrocenra ísa semifractarum crustis glacierum, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 633, 9
wiþer-braca
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See Mt. L. 5, 25 : 12, 26 under wiþet-breca
wiþer-breca
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Add: an adversary, opponent. Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca, Verc. Först. 114, 9. Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate
ǽ-breca
An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy
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An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca, adulter Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22. Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14. Ǽwbrecan
brydel-þwang
A bridle rein ⬩ frenum
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A bridle rein; frenum. Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 35
brýdi-guma
a bridegroom
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a bridegroom, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55